The Lincoln County News

Gov.-elect Janet Mills announced on Friday, Dec. 21 that she will nominate Laura Fortman to serve as the commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor and John Rohde to serve as executive director of the Workers’ Compensation Board.

In a vote that came down to the wire, Chris Carter, of Nobleboro, won the December #LCNme365 photo contest with his picture of New Harbor at sunrise by three votes.

Midcoast Humane’s Edgecomb campus, known for being a full-service animal shelter since 1987, has stopped on-site adoption but will continue to service towns via off-site pop-up adoption events called “mobile events.”

Area fire departments responded to a report of a fire at 52 Depot St. in Waldoboro the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 21.

Four people were brought to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after road conditions caused a series of crashes on Lower Round Pond Road the morning of Friday, Dec. 21.

Residents of Chase Point Assisted Living in Damariscotta were moved from their rooms to the lobby when smoke was detected in a first-floor hallway early Wednesday, Dec. 19.

A former Marine and decorated Knox County sheriff’s deputy has joined the Waldoboro Police Department as a patrol officer.

A Bristol 18-year-old was injured when the SUV she was driving rolled over on an icy East Pond Road in Nobleboro the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 18.

A Wiscasset native who has earned accolades for his work on special effects in Hollywood blockbusters now hopes to direct a film of his own.